British Go Association

05/10/2026

From our website: Ting Li Wins EWGC in London

BGA President Gerry Gavigan welcomed 22 women from ten countries around Europe to the European Women's Go Championship. It was held at the London Go Centre on the 3rd and 4th October and was fought over five rounds.

04/10/2026

From our website: Bruno Poltronieri Claims 7th Place at the World Amateur Go Championship 2026

British representative Bruno Poltronieri 4d secured an excellent 7th place finish at the 46th World Amateur Go Championship (WAGC), held in Mungyeong, South Korea from 6-13 September.

30/09/2026

A new full-go weekend ahead! 😍 The 2026 European Women's Go Championship will take place in the London Go Centre, UK this October 3-4.
And yessss, we will live-cover it 😎

👀 You will be able to watch the top boards online (LGC Account on OGS) and, even better, discuss directly the moves in a live review with Mateusz Surma 4p on Saturday, and Andrii Kravets 4p on Sunday.
📺 The five rounds will be reviewed on https://twitch.tv/europeangofederation , the live comments will start +-40min after the games, all indicated times are CEST.

Will Li Ting 1p 🇦🇹 keep the crown this year too?! 😬 Answer in a few days...

British Go Association

12/09/2026

27/08/2026

Ladies! It is still high time to register to the upcoming European Women's Go Championship 😎!
The 🇬🇧 London Go Centre will host the EWGC on October 3-4, welcoming players from all over Europe in this high class event.

The stakes are very high: the best ranked players can qualify for world events in China or Japan, in bonus with the title of European Women Champion 💪

Beside the competitive side of the tournament, there will be opportunities to improve, plus the usual friendly reviews and games with the participants in between rounds.

If it's your first tournament, fear not, this will be a wonderful first time in a welcoming environment, traditional for this championship! ☺️

More information and registration: https://www.eurogofed.org/the-european-womens-go-championship-is-upcoming-in-london/

British Go Association

30/07/2026

Congratulations go to Jake Game - winner of the AGA congress lightning tournament

19/07/2026

We highly recommend the Confucius Cup in Dublin!

We are delighted to announce entries are now open to Confucius Cup 2026, Ireland's biggest tournament every year.
Full details can be found on the event page in the QR code!

14/07/2026

The latest video from Numberphile (presented by Richard Elwes) explores some of the huge numbers underlying Go, and includes a nice explanation of the surprisingly large number of possible games on a 2x2 board.

Their second channel also features an interview with John Tromp, a leading researcher in Combinatorics of Go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it9YGUibtcA

NEW VIDEO on the epic numbers underlying the game Go - https://youtu.be/1cvKGqgOx_8

09/07/2026

📅 British Championship 2026

The 3-game Title Match between Zeyu Qiu (6d, LGC) and Becky Li (3d, UCL) will be held on 11/17/18 July at London Go Centre.

The games will played on an IZIS board and relayed to 'LGC account' on OGS:
🔗 https://online-go.com/player/786859/

The first game will start around 11am UTC+1 on Sat 11 July, with live commentary from around 12pm UTC+1 on the BGA YouTube:
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/

Commentary will be provided by Damen Woo (7d, Nottingham), the 2023 British Champion and winner of the European Go Federation Grand Prix Finale 2025.

The prize pool is £1,000 for the winner and £300 for the runner-up (with thanks to our sponsors).

National governing body for the game of Go (围棋/圍棋/囲碁/바둑) in the UK. Making connections on and off the board since 1953 ⚫⚪

08/07/2026

📱 Eurgo Mobile App

Matt Marsh, a BGA volunteer and author of https://egdinsights.info, has released a free Android app on the Google Play Store:
🔗 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.crazedbytes.eurgo

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